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Switch up your listening with classical music

Energise yourself with a blast of feel-good music - starting with Elmer Bernstein's The Magnificent Seven and taking in pieces by Rachmaninov, Bach and Caroline Shaw.

Energise yourself with a blast of feel-good music - starting with Elmer Bernstein's theme for The Magnificent Seven, which segues into more meditative pieces by Rachmaninov, Bach and Caroline Shaw. Björk fans may recognise Icelandic composer Jórunn Viðar's song, Vökuró (covered in Björk's 2004 album, Medúlla). There's piano excitement with a movement from Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, and the mix ends with the instrumental and vocal fireworks of Baroque ensemble L'Arpeggiata, featuring singers Núria Rial and Philippe Jaroussky. Produced by Christina Kenny for BBC Audio.

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Tue 22 Nov 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven (main theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein.
    • Denon.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op 37 (2nd mvt, Blagoslovi dushe moya, Gospoda)

    Singer: Olga Borodina. Conductor: Николай Корнев. Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Singer: Vladimir Mostovoy.
    • Philips.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: III. Allegro

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and String Quartet No. 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 303.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Orangery)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.

  • Jórunn Viðar

    Vökuró

    Performer: Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir. Singer: Helga Rós Indriðadóttir.
    • Jórunn Viðar - Sönglög / Lieder.
    • Iceland Music Information Centre.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861 (arr Forster)

    Performer: Danish String Quartet.
    • Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach.
    • ECM.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Núria Rial. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Nov 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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